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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Li Liang <artcraftindustry@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:37:42 +0800 (CST)
Subject: =?gb2312?q?=BB=D8=B8=B4=A3=BA=20COMPANY=20REPRESENTATIVE=20OFFER?=




Ref No.: 3453
Dear AMARJIT ,

First I must thank you for picking up the consideration to be our
payment officer via our costumers who are already and able to pay some of the outstanding bills.
We are an organization that started in 2000, although there are quite some numbers of such organizations here in china but ours is made with a difference. We have the mother company of this organization, which is the LONG ARTS AND CRAFTS, which was established some years ago, before now we operate locally, but have decided to embark on international trade. We produce, market and export mainly Chinese Crafts and Artworks made from Famous Chinese Bamboo, China Clay,Rafter Palm,bronze, stones and lots more. The various industries we cater to are: Fashion,media, entertainment, personal, e.t.c.
Our software engineers/Webmaster are unto developments/upgrading of our website so I plead with you exercise some patients for that as this is the only way we can show your some! of our products as it will be exhibited on the site. Right about now we are clearing off debts owed us by our international creditors/customers.
Surprise to say that your role for now in this endeavor is to serve as
our agent that our customers who buys/bought our product can reach for payments and helping us collecting their outstanding money which they owe to our company, you will be given a commission of 10% for any payment made through you to us,and you will be given instructions on how to remit the balance funds to us .
The more reasons We seek a Representative (Payment Agent) in your province due to the fact that we want to increase and expand our market network by setting up an office in your Zone before the middle of this year that is why you are acting as our agent/rep that will reach out to all our customers in your Zone as you know this will help us settle down easily and more conveniently when we come in because as we have an agent/rep (you) on ground and seco! ndly, is due to language/Currency Variance we find problem dealing directly with our customers.More so some of our international customers who are reluctant in paying up are claiming that they are finding it difficult reaching us for payments due to the distance, so to ease them up so they could easily and quickly pay up instead of all these excuses they are making up, we are seeking for representative closer to them. So to this end we seek the
assistance of individual or a group to assist us.
The way it works is this; the board of trustees would determine your
eligibility. If we find you eligible we then inform our owing
customers/creditors that we have a payment officer in their region,
they call you to ascertain and confirm a few facts and then they
eventually make out payment. You receive the payment; you will remove your 10% share and based on instructions received from us, remit our own share to us. If we are able to build and sustain this business rela! tionship (based on trust of course), then the frequency of the money will definitely increase.
Please we would very much like to know if you are presently or previously been involved in this kind of venture. So we can really know how experienced you are in this endeavour or else we will have to send you step by step instructions as the transaction commence. And also you should kindly state the name in which our owing customers will issue their checks in. Should it be in your name or your company ? Please state this in your next reply to my my mail.
I would then pass these information and your contact details along to our customers and within a few days they would contact you and perfect modalities of getting the payment across to you.
Please be advised that we will have to begin the necessary process of approving you as our agent/partner on our receipt of your understanding and your sincere abilities. I will endeavor to contact you via the phone number you have provided .Thanks and hope this is the beginning of a mutually beneficial
business relationship. I hope to have informed you correctly and wait to hear from you soon so I can advise you on the very next step to take in this endeavor.
Note: Endeavour to indicate your reference number as above in all of your correspondence with us.
Thanks in advance.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mr. Liang Ho
Managing director.
LONG ARTS AND CRAFTS
Yuzhang village.
Ianqiao Town,
Hangzhou City,Zheijiang province
China.
TEL: 86-571-88946032
Fax: 86-230-176961






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